What is the role of Local Advisory Committees?

Local Advisory Committees (LACs) engage with local groups to ensure a strong community voice is captured.

LACs will help shape Fire and Emergency’s support for your community, by providing a strong local perspective on what matters. They will work with local Fire and Emergency leaders to understand and engage with their communities by:

• gathering feedback from a wide range of networks within their communities and using that feedback to provide a strong local perspective on issues and risks in their area
• representing the community’s interests, including those of volunteers and industry brigades
• helping to build a common understanding of local needs and how Fire and Emergency can address these at a local level
• helping Fire and Emergency plan for delivering services in the future
• strengthening connections between Fire and Emergency and local communities
• helping their community build resilience and providing local perspectives on reducing risk.